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Tet**** (from
Ancient Gr**** τέτανος 'tension, stretched, rigid'), also
known as lockjaw, is a
bacterial infection caused by
Clostridium tetani and characterized...
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Tet**** vaccine, also
known as
tet**** toxoid (TT), is a
toxoid vaccine used to
prevent tet****.
During childhood, five
doses are recommended, with a...
- diphtheria,
pertussis (whooping cough), and
tet**** (lockjaw). The
vaccine components include diphtheria and
tet**** toxoids, and
either killed whole cells...
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Tet**** toxin (TeNT) is an
extremely potent neurotoxin produced by the
vegetative cell of
Clostridium tetani in
anaerobic conditions,
causing tet****...
- Anti-
tet**** immunoglobulin, also
known as
tet**** immune globulin (TIG) and
tet**** antitoxin, is a
medication made up of
antibodies against the
tet**** toxin...
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Clostridium tetani is a
common soil
bacterium and the
causative agent of
tet****.
Vegetative cells of
Clostridium tetani are
usually rod-shaped and up to...
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Neonatal tet**** (trismus nascentium) is a form of
generalised tet**** that
occurs in newborns.
Infants who have not
acquired p****ive
immunity from an...
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global certification;
eliminating measles by 2008; and
eliminating neonatal tet**** by 2008.
Every Wednesday is
designated as
immunization day and is adopted...
- time. For example,
tet**** shot
boosters are
often recommended every 10 years, by
which point memory cells specific against tet**** lose
their function...
- preserved. For example, the
tet**** toxoid is
derived from the
tetanospasmin produced by
Clostridium tetani. The
latter causes tet**** and is
vaccinated against...
